Improvement in harness-saddles



S. E. TOMPKINS. Harness Saddle.

No. 197,064. Patented Nov. 13,1877.

ATTORNEYS.

N.PEYERS FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTGN, D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. TOMPKINS, OF SING SING, NEW YORK.

IM PROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,064, dated November13, 1877; application filed 1 August 18, 1877.

- a cross-section of the same, taken through the line 2 2, Fig. 3. Fig.4 is an under side View of the seat.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction ofharness-saddles, so as to make them simpler in construction, moreconvenient in use, and less expensive in manufacture.

The invention, will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claim.

A is the saddle-tree or frame, upon the rear edge of which is formed theback-strap loop a Upon the upper side of the rear edge of thesaddle-tree A, and between the arms of the back-strap loop a is formed apin, a, projectin g to the rearward.

B is the seat, which is formed with a transverse strengthening rib, inthe usual way. Upon the middle part of the strengtheningrib of the seatB is formed a projection having a hole formed through it to form an eye,b, to receive the pin a and thus connect the seat securely to thesaddle-tree. The seat B is further secured in place by the bolt 0, thatpasses through the forward part of the seat B, the forward part of thesaddle-tree A, and the shank of the water-hook D, and fastens said threeparts B A D securely together.

E is the under plate, which has holes formed through its edges, and istacked or sewed to the flap F.

The under plate E, the flap F, the cap G, and the sidestrap H aresecured to each other and to the saddle-tree A by the terret I and itsnut J.

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure byLetters Pat- 6Ilb The eye b formed upon the seat B, and the pin 'orprojection a formed upon the saddletree A, for connecting said seat andsaddletree with each other, substantially as herein shown and described.

SAML. E. TOMPKINS.

Witnesses:

J AMES T. GRAHAM, J AMES H. HUNTER.

